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This year's event will be held on Thursday July 4th from 9am to 11:30am. In the meantime, we need your help ensuring the event will be a success. To offer all the concessions and activities free of charge to our residents, we rely on sponsorships and volunteers. To find out more about what a $400 sponsorship gets your organization or company, please reach out to us. We also accept family donations! Our thanks to the sponsors and donations we have received so far: Ready Roofing & Solar Melinda Spence, Compass Real Estate Willard Cooling, Heating, Plumbing, Electrical Leslie Pulaski, Ebby Halliday Realtors Craig Henderson, NHHA Member Mitra Shamsa, Ebby Halliday Realtors Robin Burch, NHHA Member The Redpath Team, Allie Beth Allman Van Wunnik and Marcum, CPAs Traver Construction We need volunteers for the morning of the 4th, starting as early as 6:30am, for numerous activities including setup, parade registration, judging, handing out concessions, supervising the kids games, and take-down. Please review the volunteer opportunities through this link and sign up if you can pitch in, even for just 30 minutes: Festival Volunteers. We could also use a few coolers, tables, and folding chairs. 

UPDATE - The vote at Plan Commission will be delayed and not take place on June 20th, therefore we will postpone our community meeting until we know the new vote date.  POSTPONED! TBD at the Dallas Bible Church (15765 Hillcrest Rd., Dallas, TX 75248) This meeting will provide a brief recap of the Pepper Square rezoning proposal and process, but it will primarily focus on organizing ourselves for the June 20th CPC meeting at Dallas City Hall. If you have strong feelings about the number of apartments proposed for Pepper Square, please attend this meeting. POSTPONED! TBD at Dallas City Hall, in the Council Chambers (1500 Marilla Street, Dallas 75201) will be the CPC hearing and vote regarding Pepper Square. It’s important that as many residents as possible show up and speak at the hearing. There is an option to participate virtually, however; if at all possible, it’s much more impactful to be there in person. Now is the time to write the City Plan Commissioners to let them know how you feel about the Pepper Square rezoning application. Please reference Zoning Case No. Z212-358. You can send just one email, but make sure to include all City Plan Commissions [...]

Neighborhood leaders recently met with property owner Greg Miller, representatives from Masterplan (consulting firm), D11 Plan Commissioner Brandy Treadway, and D11 Council Member Jaynie Schultz to discuss the status of the rezoning request for the northeast corner of Belt Line & Preston Roads, referred to as Pepper Square. The seemingly final proposal presented for feedback included many of the same aspects as prior proposals we've seen, with some variation in building height this time. To review the presentation, please click here. Essentially, the rezoning request is seeking approval for a mixed-use development to be built over the next 10 years that would include retail and/or restaurant options on the main floor and residential units above them. It would be built in 3 phases, with a 2 acre publicly-accessible park to be included in the first phase. If full allowable build-out is achieved, there would potentially be 1,550 residential units on the site, most likely all rental units, but possibly some owner-occupied units depending on market demand at the time future phases are started. The renderings in the presentation linked earlier show two options the property owner is considering. One would involve a 5-story building and the park, followed by a 12-story [...]

In case you missed it, Northwood Hills was featured in an article in the Abode section of the Dallas Morning News recently. It was a pleasure sharing the many aspects of what makes our neighborhood great with the author. Read it here.

The Northwood Hills Homeowners Association Annual Meeting took place on Tuesday, February 6th at 6:30pm at the Fretz Park Rec Center (6950 Belt Line Rd, behind the library). Updates were provided on the Association's activities including Security, Beautification, and Membership. New Board Members were elected. The 2023 Financials were shared and the 2024 Budget was approved. Questions and comments were welcomed at the conclusion of the business meeting.  The annual report with the recap of 2023 and a snapshot of what we hope to accomplish in 2024 can be found here.  Presentation slides from the meeting can be found here.  Thanks for your support of Northwood Hills HOA!  

NHHA provides multiple great opportunities to advertise your business or organization throughout the year. Ad space fills up quickly in the Breeze newsletter, but we probably will have a couple spots open for 2024. For rates and specs, click here. We also have events like the Annual Paper Shredding Event and Independence Day Parade & Festival that are fan-favorites and get your business lots of exposure. If you're interested in sponsoring something like that, please reach out.   New for 2024, we are now offering website and MemberMail sponsorships. Our website gets consistent daily impressions, with increased traffic around Dues Renewal time, the Annual Meeting, and 4th of July. Our MemberMail emails are sent to over 800 unique email addresses at least 2-3 times a month and consistently have a 60% or higher open rate. To learn more about what's available, review the opportunities here. Also be sure to take note of our Advertisers and Sponsorships Policy. Space is limited and sponsorship packages will be filled on a first come, first served basis. If you're interested after perusing the packages, reach out to us and we will confirm availability.

  Neighborhood leaders from NHHA, Prestonwood Trail, and Woodbriar had a meeting with Greg Miller, Masterpan, and Council Member Jaynie Schultz in late October. The HOA leaders again reiterated that the majority of our residents are not happy with the latest proposal set forward for Pepper Square and are seeking a redevelopment that includes less height and less density. Miller and Masterplan have made it clear that there's a minimum amount of height and density necessary in order to justify the cost of redevelopment, especially if including a 2 acre park. We understand the developer has a profit motive, but HOA leaders charged them with reworking their proposal to include shorter towers, which in turn would reduce the number of residential units, in hopes of getting closer to the minimum. Basically, feedback from our residents has shown that we want to see a plan that revitalizes Pepper Square without overcrowding that corner, straining city resources, and drastically changing the landscape of our surrounding area. We are currently waiting on a revised proposal from Miller and Masterplan. Once received, we will share with residents so you can review, provide feedback, and we can discuss next steps. As of now, there is no [...]